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22 July 2008, 09:32 PM
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They are not too bad. Would rather have an Astra VXR if I had to choose between them. Everyone's got to start somewhere however - They will be awesome little cars for young lads/lasses. I remember not being able to afford the insurance on a R5 GT Turbo when I was young, so got a XR2i instead. Different world performance wise, but I still thought I was the dogs bollocks.
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22 July 2008, 10:25 PM
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A mate of mine had a play with one in a punto gt runing 2bar boost =129bhp/169lbf.ft on 3 cylinders (shaged cam), but stayed with it
. p.s the punto was slow as **** too
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. p.s the punto was slow as **** too.
22 July 2008, 10:27 PM
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I was pissed over by a standard hawkeye sti (either that or it was a sleeper) the other night and mines a 06 WRX.
VXR??! pull the other one
22 July 2008, 10:39 PM
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Here we go again...Reality check: It is a good little car for what it is and will be a lot of fun to drive. Also, as stated it will be one hell of a hot hatch for a young driver/car enthusiast. It is a 1.6 FWD turbo and we can see it's claimed stats on paper above.
It is not in the same league as an Impreza STI, even a rare standard one lol
Let's not have a silly discussion about putting a different engine in it now so it can keep up... pleeeeeeaaaasssseeeeee, nooooooooo... not again.
22 July 2008, 10:52 PM
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22 July 2008, 10:58 PM
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22 July 2008, 11:03 PM
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22 July 2008, 11:22 PM
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22 July 2008, 11:40 PM
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Drove one along with some other Smacs members at a recent VXR trackday at Oulton - thought it would be a pile of s*** but whilst not having the straightline shove of the Astra, it was very chuckable on track and pretty quick too.
22 July 2008, 11:49 PM
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They actually handle pretty well for FWD. For £1799, Thorney Motorsport take them up to just shy of 250bhp with another 55lb/ft of torque to boot. Not bad for a little 1.6 in a lighter car and enough to worry/embarrass plenty on here I suspect. There's also a stage 3 pack in development that will lift them to not far off 300bhp - not to be sniffed at.
22 July 2008, 11:53 PM
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If you think vauxhalls go fast round corners well for FWD car your haven't driven much FWD sports cars then.
Compare them to a Golf, Honda and Focus even a Megane
Compare them to a Golf, Honda and Focus even a Megane
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23 July 2008, 12:02 AM
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They actually handle pretty well for FWD. For £1799, Thorney Motorsport take them up to just shy of 250bhp with another 55lb/ft of torque to boot. Not bad for a little 1.6 in a lighter car and enough to worry/embarrass plenty on here I suspect. There's also a stage 3 pack in development that will lift them to not far off 300bhp - not to be sniffed at.
and while his front wheels are lighting up i'll be gone.
23 July 2008, 12:06 AM
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only vauxhall that handles well is the vxr220 (handling by lotus) and the monaro (holden)
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23 July 2008, 12:09 AM
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